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Social media is not a single protocol or medium like the examples you give. It's a variable set of product offerings that - at this moment in time - happen to p
by mpalmer 6y ago
Social media is not a single protocol or medium like the examples you give. It's a variable set of product offerings that - at this moment in time - happen to provide a similar set of features. Perhaps if you squint, these common features resemble a protocol, but they are not.
What consistent service is it you think they should be required to provide?
- bopbeepboop 6y agoIn what way does what you say not apply to cellphones? I believe I’m better off for that regulation (in telecom) and believe that I would similarly benefit if social media platforms were also regulated as common carriers. Edit — rate limited, so replying here: The commonality is obvious: Passing messages of various formats to users within your network of contacts and maintaining forwarding/access rules for those messages — almost exactly what cellular service has in common.
- mpalmer 6y agoWhat is common among them? What is the analogue to a phone call that applies equally to Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok, Facebook, etc?